Famous cartoon mice to usher in Year of the Mouse

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3. Totoro

A girl poses for a photo with Totoro, a cartoon figure in the Japanese animation fantasy film "My Neighbor Totoro," at the World of Ghibli in China, the first themed exhibition authorized by Japan's Studio Ghibli in Shanghai in July, 2018. [Photo/Chinadaily.com.cn]

Totoro is a cartoon figure in "My Neighbor Totoro," a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film tells the story of a professor's two young daughters and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan.

In the film, Totoro is characterized as a giant spirit who protects the two sisters and carries them over the forests on an enchanted journey. With grey fur and pointy ears, Totoro is widely thought to be a chinchilla, a type of nocturnal rodent inhabiting the Andes Mountains in South America.